Fifteen of the Most Important Dates in American History
Solve the fifteen problems involving systems of equations and place the answer next to each letter.
There are thirty-one answers labeled A through Z and then a through e.
Then fill in the forty-five blanks with the numbers corresponding to each letter.
This will give you the fifteen important dates.
Then you must write a description of what happened on each date.
Problem #1 A = _____ 2A – B = 30 B = _____ A + B = 57 Problem #2 C = _____ 8C + 3D = 40 D = _____ 5C – 2D = -6 Problem #3 E = _____ E + F = 13 F = _____ 15E – F = 3 Problem #4 G = _____ H = 2G – 1 H = _____ 3G + 2H = 68 Problem #5 I = _____ J = 85I + 163 J = _____ 93I – J = - 3 Problem #6 K = _____ K + L = 1951 L = _____ K – L = 1907 Problem #7 M = _____ M – 13N = 1930 N = _____ 2M + 5N = 4015 Problem #8 O = _____ O + P = 20 P = _____ O – P = 2 |
Problem #9 Q = _____ R = Q + 1930 R = _____ R – 73Q = 922 Problem #10 S = _____ S – T = 74 T = _____ 3T – 2S = 1717 Problem #11 U = _____ V – 327U = 6 V = _____ V - U = 1962 Problem #12 W = _____ X + W = 1976 X = _____ 2X – 300W = 1838 Problem #13 Y = _____ Z = 452Y + 133 Z = _____ 3Z – 1050Y = 1623 Problem #14 a = _____ a – b = 187 b = _____ 19b – 17a = 373 Problem #15 c = _____ d + e – 2c = 798 d = _____ 3d + c –3e = 1637 e = _____ 5e +8c –11d = 740 |
A Special thank you to Natalie Kahn and Elizabeth Aufzien who are students in Mr. Rodger Jaffe's HonorsNow fill in the forty-five blanks below and on the next page with the numbers corresponding to each letter, and describe the event for that date. ___/___/______ : _____________________________________________________ W Y b ___/___/______ : _____________________________________________________ O L a ___/___/______ : _____________________________________________________ F W Z ___/___/______ : _____________________________________________________ D B a ___/___/______ : _____________________________________________________ P E S ___/___/______ : _____________________________________________________ G A K ___/___/______ : _____________________________________________________ N U c Note: This date is the Old Date from the Julian Calendar (before 1752). If you use the Gregorian Calendar, then the date would be: N / Q / c ___/___/______ : _____________________________________________________ Y H M ___/___/______ : _____________________________________________________ Y Y V ___/___/______ : _____________________________________________________ U U R ___/___/______ : _____________________________________________________ E E J ___/___/______ : _____________________________________________________ W I X ___/___/______ : _____________________________________________________ P O e ___/___/______ : _____________________________________________________ N C d ___/___/______ : _____________________________________________________ Y Q T
Algebra II and Trigonometry Class for correcting the errors in the puzzle and taking the time to let me know.
This puzzle is in memory of my dad who taught math and loved history and Shakepeare.
He was certified to teach math, history, English, and Spanish!